/*
 * Copyright (C) Michael Opitz
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301,
 * USA
 */
#ifndef THREAD_HELPER_H
#define THREAD_HELPER_H

/** 
 * \brief This namespaces includes all nertwork related stuff.
 * \author Michael Opitz
 */
namespace network {
	/** 
	 * \brief This class implements helper-functions for threads.
	 */
	class thread_helper {
	public:
		thread_helper():_int(false) {}
		virtual ~thread_helper() {}

		/** 
		 * \brief interrupt can be called if you want to interrupt the
		 * thread.
		 */
		void interrupt() {_int = true;}
		/** 
		 * \brief is_interrupted returns true if interrupt() was called.
		 * 
		 * \return true if the interrupt-flag is set.
		 */
		bool is_interrupted() const {return _int;}
	private:
		bool _int;
	};
}

#endif
